Crimea: Parents of detained Crimean Tatars searched

October 12, the FSB officers raided the parental homes of the detained Crimean Tatars Emil Dzhemadenov and Rustem Ismailov, a Facebook user Osman Arifm posted on his page.

“Searches are continuing. There is no peace. Now we are at home of Emil Dzhemadenov’s parents. The parental home of Rustem Ismailov has been also searched,” he wrote.

It was reported earlier that, a new wave of raids was launched in Crimea on the morning of October 12. In particular, the FSB officers raided the homes of Crimean Tatars living in the settlements of Stroganovka and Kamenka of Simferopol district: Emil Dzhemadenov, Eider Saledinov, Uzeyir Abdullayev, Timur Abdullaev and Rustem Ismailov. The head of the Central Election Commission of the Crimean Tatar Qurultai Zair Smedlyaev also said that Eider Saledinov was taken to the FSB Directorate following the search of his home.

Just a reminder: February 11, 2016, searches were conducted in the homes of the Crimean Tatars in order to discredit them as "terrorists". Often the security forces acted aggressively: knocked the glass and forcibly took people away.